We have discovered that Bristol's city core is set up for free wireless access. It turns out that our flat is in the shadow of a hill and doesn't get this service. So, Bruce also wanted to investigate this connection. The University of West England sponsors the city wireless service. The university and the broadcast tower are on the other side of town but the map of the broadcast spread is pretty impressive - unfortunately, not impressive enough to cover our flat.
After I finished with the bank, I stopped by the grocery store to volunteer as a packhorse for the girls. We then stopped by Bruce's restaurant but couldn't drag him away. So, we came home without him - and I had the maps - but he found his way home anyway.
Because of the late start, after lunch it was too late for Nancy and I to go out again because we were scheduled to meet with the landlady at 4 o'clock. Bruce and Pam didn't need to stay around for that and decided to visit the restored steamship "SS Great Britain" across the floating harbor from the flat. Our local hero Brunel designed the Great Britain.
Nancy and I stayed home and right at 4 o'clock, the landlady burst onto the scene. She wasn't the quiet, reserved, sedate stereotypical English matron that I expected. She is quite the opposite - a fireball. She was able to quickly dispatch most of our concerns. I think we will get along just fine with she and her husband.
The landlady did take a copy of the information on the telephone and promised to see what she could do to help us get the phone and the internet installed. It seems a shame to have to install cable broadband when wireless is free. But, the wireless is tantalizingly close but not adequate.
Nancy is still looking for a local grocery store that will fulfill our needs. Carmel, the landlady, said she needed to go and pick up a few things and Nancy was welcome to go with her and she would bring her back to the flat. It will only be a 15-minute walk on the flat to this new store (later clocked at 35 minutes). Nancy will probably go find it again tomorrow.
For the knitters in our audience - Nancy has not found any yarn shops - no time to even look yet. That will probably happen in the next week or so. But, the Noro sweater is almost completed - sleeves are in and the side-seams sewn. The collar is about 60% finished. The Noro scarf I started on the plane is about 18" done and looks good. Could have used it the last couple of days, too. It's been frosty in the morning, and sunny in the afternoon, then the temp drops down again. We try and walk on the sunny side of the street when we are out and about.
